Kouhyar Goudarzi

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New York, April 17, 2012--Sustaining their years-long campaign against the press,
Iranian authorities have sentenced one journalist to prison and summoned
another to serve a jail term, according to news reports. The Committee to
Protect Journalists calls on authorities to release imprisoned journalists who
are being held away from their families and in deprivation.

New
York, February 28, 2012--The Iranian regime continued its persistent campaign
against press freedom days ahead of its parliamentary elections on March 2 by sentencing
two journalists to prison and periodically blocking millions of users from
accessing the Internet, according to news reports. In addition, two journalists
are suffering from deteriorating health conditions in prison, news reports
said.

New York, August 10, 2011--The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned about a rise in the number of imprisoned journalists in Iran and the continuing deterioration of their health. In recent days, Iranian authorities increased a prominent journalist's prison term by two years and arrested a critical journalist who had just finished serving a prison sentence. Other journalists have suffered from declining health as a result of substandard conditions, extended periods in solitary confinement, and intentional abuse, according to news
reports.

The
National Press Club next week will honor an Iranian journalist who is languishing in prison. Kouhyar Goudarzi, an online reporter and human rights activist, was
pursuing an aerospace degree at Sharif Industrial University when security agents put him behind bars, according to the International
Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. Goudarzi, left, was an editor for Iran's Committee
of Human Rights Reporters and a producer for Radio Zamaneh.

The National Press Club has announced
the recipients of the 2010 John Aubuchon
Freedom of the Press Award, which is given each year to individuals who have contributed
to the cause of press freedom and open government. This year, the international
recipient is Iranian blogger Kouhyar Goudarzi, who is being held in Tehran's Evin
Prison--notorious for its torture of detainees. CPJ wrote
earlier this month about a hunger strike in Evin in which several political prisoners,
including at least five journalists, protested their inhumane treatment.
Goudarzi was one of the protesters. Arrested
in December 2009, Goudzari, a former editor of Committee
of Human Rights Reporters, has been charged with heresy,
propagating against the regime, and participating in illegal gatherings.

August 26, 2010 12:19 PM ET

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New York, August 5, 2010—A hunger
strike by Evin Prison inmates, including at least five journalists, underscores
inhumane conditions at the prison, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today as it called for the
release of all journalists unjustly jailed for their work.

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New York, April 1, 2010—The Committee to Protect Journalists
is alarmed that several Iranian journalists continue to be held in inhumane
conditions at the notorious Evin Prison. At least one journalist is reported in
deteriorating health, and two are under severe duress to “confess” to charges
that could bring execution.